Jacques Pierson

Port Community System : preparing a tender in order to set-up a new IT system to support all logistic activities around the port. o Analysis of the situation on existing IT systems, digital maturity, process. o Specifications o Management of the project : coordination of the team activity, reporting, organisation of the steering committee and the project committee. Management of a consultancy mission related to strategy support for the Ministry of Digital Economy in Togo, funded by the US Millenium Challenge Corporation fund. o The mission was around 8 MUSD o Components of the studies: masterplan on digital infrastructure (FTTH + backbone), one-stop-shop for declaring civil works on infrastructure, regulatory studies (price on the data gross market, licenses for ISP, etc.), masterplan an e-payment and e-health, organisation of the ministry, LAN & cabling in schools and hospitals, set up of a digital transformation fund o Program management and team management EU delegation in Lomé : Scoping the assistance of the EU to Togo related to digital industry. o Analysis of the situation of the digital industry in Togo o Proposing a scope for the assistance program to Togo, on several axis : cybersecurity, e-commerce, e-government, e-payment, innovation funding, datacenters, artificial intelligence, optical fiber, submarine cable

- Managing a business unit related to engineering consultancy on digital infrastructures in Africa (optical fiber backbones in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Central Africa, Ivory Coast, republic of Congo). Audit, quality control on infrastructure construction, feasibility studies including business plan - Business development: preparing propositions for tenders, networking - Project management, management of the relationship with customers - Turnover: around 1.5 M€ per year

• Set-up of 300 km optical fiber backbone on the VINCI Autoroute network (7.1 M€, motorway in France, VIAVEIS) • swap from ATM to MPLS/IP network : roll-out management (RATP - transportation in Paris and suburbs)

• Set-up of a 5,000 km backbone optical fiber network • Engineering of the optical fiber network • Management of 20 people : PMO +supervision of the construction (90 M€)

• Development of commercial activities, negotiation with potential local customers and partners • Opportunity studies for a FTTH network in Katanga (DRC) • Contract signature for a handset management project with the regulator. Negotiation with the technical solution provider

• Feasibility study for FTTH services in Gabon and Cameroon (GVA, Vivendi) • Optical fiber network setup for government intranet (Ivory Coast – Abidjan, 80 km) • Feasibility studies for an IXP/carrier hotel and a datacenter in Togo (Ministry of Telecommunication and World Bank) • Set-up of a 1,000 charging points network for electrical vehicle in London (BlueSolutions, Bolloré group) • Tender management for a full-connectivity operator in Africa for Bolloré Logistics • Opportunity study for network sharing strategy (Jersey/Guernesey) • Plan of investment for a fixed/mobile operator in Lao.

• Operation and maintenance: set-up of a fully operational technical team of 40 people, including NOC: recruitment, training. Management of the team. • Implementation: full implementation of a 2G/3G network in 7 months (100 radio stations) including a backhaul system (VSAT and MW) + datacenter + billing system and CRM (26 M USD) • Regulation: frequency & 3G license negotiation, access to ACE submarine cable • Revenue assurance, interconnection (domestic + international), fraud detection, roaming

• Operation and maintenance: set-up of a fully operational technical team of 40 people, including NOC: recruitment, training. Management of the team. • Implementation: full renewal of the 2G network and radio extension in 10 months (100 radio stations) including a backhaul system (MW) + datacenter + billing system and CRM (23 M USD) • Regulation: frequency negotiation. Signature of a WiMAX license contract with the regulator • Revenue assurance, interconnection (domestic + international), roaming

- business plan and strategy - development of the internet business (fix and mobile) - roll-out GSM projects - migration of the IT solution for billing and CRM

management of the GPRS project (both IT and network aspects) mobile multimedia development strategy for IT evolutions